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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16
Show me a clean farmer, and I'll

Show me a clean farmer, and I'll
show you man that is making it pay.
Show me slovenly, careless, weed
growing farmer, and I'll show you a
man that's hard run, and ignorant as
an ass, besides; because he is too lazy
or too blind to see that his own interests
behoove him to have a clean soil to till,
and to raise grain only, instead of
weeds; for every weed that grows inside
a farmers field is a soil robber, and
steals that substance away, day and
night, which the farmer crops require
to promote perfect growth. If clean
farming generally prevailed our most
noxious weeds would in a Few years
disappear, and the farmers labor, in
the culture Of his various crops, would
be very materially reduced.-Corres-
pondent New York Tribune.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

The Denver Republican says that the
range business is thing of the. past In
Colorado. There may next year be one
more general round up,but that will
probably be the last The change has
been wrought by farmers who are taking
up the land as homestead and timber
claims. The Republican. ssys it does
not follow that the total number Of CO.
tie in Colorado will be reduced. The
farmers will keep small punches, and
thus on cultivated pastures there will be
in the aggregate more seatAe fed than
ever before. Of course this is better
for Colorado. The cattle range bust.
ness does not bring much money or bus
mess to . community, but when the
farmers locate, they cultivate the soil
in addition to raising cattle and create
local markets for trade and traffic.
The day will come when the farmers will
make the 8 arid wastes of Colorado
s'bloom like the rose.:'saxs Ssss !.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16
COST OF ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
From the Baltimore Americana

From the Baltimore Amer1can.l
Mr.. +. w. King, superintendent of
lamps. has collected data from official
sources in reference to the cost of cleo
trio lighting. Various matters, such as
the number of lamps, the ownership of
plant. candle power, ETC., must be taken
into consideration in figuring up the cost
in the various cities. The candle power
in all cities is 1000. except in Brooklyn,
where it is 1900. New York has con-
tract for one year with the Brush and
United States companies, and has in use
III lamps at 20 cts each per night. Phil
adelphia has 525 lamps, for which an av-
eragc of 45c each per night is paid under
One-year contract, and the Brush,
United States and AOustOn systems are
used.
Brooklyn has 995 lamps at cost of 80
cts each e, 200 candle power. The con-
tract is for one year, and the Thomson
Houston system is used.
Boston has 5O4 lamps at cost of CSC
each, furnished by the Brush. Western.
and Thomson-H Houston companies under
a three-year contract, and the city owns
the posts, extensions and hoods.
Newark, n. j., has $50 lamps at cost
of SOC, furnished by thd United States and
Western companies under a three-yea
contract.
Providence, II. l., has 115 lamps at a
cost of SOC, furnished by the Western
and Thomson Houston companies under
one-year contract.
Albany has 4S1 lamps at SOC each, fur
nished by the Brush company under a
five-year contract. and owns the lamps,
posts. poles and lanterns.
Rochester, n. Y, has 1856 lamps-399
at &c, and u at soc each-furnished by
the Brush company under contract for
five years.
Albany, Boston and Philadelphia,
which pay soc, CSC and SAC, respectively,
own more or less of the plant.
New York recently rejected bid of sc.
dut the city is about to have an electric
light war. and it is stated, offers are made
to furnish the lights at 25c each.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16
MADE THE GIRLS MAD.

An iowa sditor Jhass raissd = hornets
nest about hia ears and will probably
have to leave the state, all on account
of an unfortunate accident in making
up his paper. 1t seems there was a
concert given by the young ladies Of the
city, and the gallant. young editor
wrote it upin fine style. The same day
he had visited herd of short horn cat
tie, ownedby a;farnler ans that sicibity
and he wrote up the cattle also. The
cross eyed foreman mixed in up as fol-
lows: ''The concert given last evening
by sixteen of Storm Lakes most beau
tiful and interesting young ladies was
highly appreciated. They were ele-
gantly dressed and sang in a most
charming manner, winning the plaudits
of the entire audience, who pronounced
them the finest short horns in the
country. A few of them are of rich
brown color, but the majority are spot
ted brown and white. Several of the
heifers were fine bodied, tight-imbed
animals, and promise to. prove good
property ~ -
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railroad Company. according to the state
ment of one of its principal officers, will
expend SIC. 900, 600 on extensions in Kan
sas in the near future, and practically
nothing in Missouri. That is to say, its
line across Missouri is to be used as a
mere convenience for getting materials
and laborers into Kansas. The explana-
ton is as obvious as it is Instructive.
Kansas invites new railroads by guaran-
teeing them just and fair treatment,
while Missouri drives them away with
menaces of embarrassing and oppressive
Globe Democrat
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

My mother gets me up. builds the fire,
gets my breakfast and sends me on, = said
bright youth in the hearing of an Amer
lean Farmer reporter What them
said the reporter. Then she gets my
father up and gets his breakfast and
sends him off: then gets the other. chill
dren their breakfast and sends them to
school. and then she and the baby have
their breakfast How old is the baby.yg
20. she is most two. but she can VALE
and talk as well as any of u.s. Are
you well paidy'' Il get g a week; father
gets - day How much does your
mother gety' With bewildered look
the boy said: Mother. Why, she don't
work for anybody" Il thought you
said she worked for all of you" 20,
yes, for all of us she does, but their amt
no money in it," There is too much OF
this kind of business in America Moth
ers who do three fourths of the work in
large families are more entitled to pay
than those whom she works for in Il ma
jority of cases And a boy, who is old
and well enough to build fire. who viii
permit his mother to get up and do it for
him. is not very likely to ever set the
world on fire with his patriotism or any
other way. .
~ I . ! 8 =
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

Ex-Postmaster General Frank HattOn
would be beaten. and that Sherman is the
strongest man in the Republican parry
and the only one that can be nominated
with certainty of election The feeling
that Sherman is the strangest man with
the people in the country is taking better
hold of Republicans every day. but that
Blaine could not be elected very few be-
lieve.-LeavenwOrth Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

TOPEKA, Kan. June 9-Secretary
Sims, of the state board of agriculture,
makes the following synopsis of the re-
port of the Kansas state board of agri-
culture for June, 1887:
Wheat area sOwn, 20 per cent less than
last year and smallest since 1875: condi-
ton 40 per cent.
Corn will average at least % per cent
in excess to any former period; condition
never has been better.
Oats condition as compared with five
year average, 80 per cent.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

Our enterprising townsnlan. W.-Nusil,
is boring on his premises for soft water,
viz. natural gas The drill is already
one hundred and sixty-fOur feet deep,
first they went through good gravel, they
then struck an eight inch vein of coal;
followed by copper and iron ore They
are now in black clay, and we would not
be surprised if, after this. they. would
strike natural gas.-EllinwOOd Express.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16
Average coalition

The heavy snow in the mountains
theory does MT hold for this season.
There are light SHOWS, but there are
heavy rains And of course the Arkan-
saw river gives ample evidence of a con-
tradiction of the theory that light SHOWS
make light rains
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16
The New York Witness has ascertained

The New York Witness has ascertained
why SO many farmers go insane 1t says
almost every paper i'm the land has a
farm department" edited generally by
some boy who has never seen farm. and
the attempt of an agriculturalist to follow
out the advice he finds in that depart
ment is sure to result in his insanity. The
The Witness is entitled to much credit for
this contribution to the scientific discQv-
cries of the year. y
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

If something is not speedily done to
improve the Kansas postal service the
people had better run Kansas postal de-
partment of their own. As it is now
mail matter may get over into Missouri
but its destination in the state is some
what problematical.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

The new town of Haven, in Reno coun-
ty, was nice cornfield one year ago, and
now has 500 inhabitants. This is the
is the way things are done in Kansas, but
they were never done SO in any other
state or country.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

Southern Colorado is getting up rep.
utatiOn as an agricultural country. II
rains like these of the past few weeks
continue to fall, there will not be a foot
of land in any of the country surround
ing Pueblo that will not be worth from
ten dollars to one hundred dollars an acre
for agricultural purposes
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

All that talk among the members of
the G. A. r. that they will refuse to at
tend the encampment at ST. Louis should
Cleveland be invited, has been effectually
"squelched by scorching letter. from
old William Tecumseh Sherman, the
highest living military sathority in this
country. +t -
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

The last story of the dude: He was
requested under some unexplained cir
cumstances to say grace. He was NOT
long at loss for words. Bowling his
head slightly, as he would to an acquain-
tence, he said: "Ah there Lord. Thanks
awfully.''
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16
MORE NATURAL GAS.

WETMoRE, Kas., June ga flow of
natural gas has been discovered in well
ON Whitedo's farm, three and one-half
mileG fruh ~ city. Machinery will be
put IN a4ditia expected that upon devel-
opment the 1ou vim be very large.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16
PARTICULAR NOTICE.

TIME BUSINESS LICENSE TAX as per.OstlS
i nance No. 131, for Dodge City, Kansas, pub
City TINES, May s5th. 1851, is now due. PIease
call at my Office In First National Bank bu1oafn4.
and make payment Once hours from . to - ..
M, and 2 to5 o'clock p. m. - is}s ~
H. N. BEVERLEY,
City Tfeaeurer.
Dodge City, Kansas. June let. 1S87. nat
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

Senator Sherman is q recent speech
expressed gratitude that the war was
over. The senator's information on
this point ought to be given to maya
zine writer's.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

There are sbout fifty postmasters in
this country who receive salary of one
dollar year. It's worth that to q man
who has nothing else to do but to study
human nature and chew tobacco, to say
nothing of the fun he'd have in putting
letters in the wrong box.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16
NOTICE TO LUMBER DEAI,KR1,
OF DODGE CITY, KANSAS.

9 EALED PROPOSALS will be received at the
y office Of the City Clerk until Jnly 9th, for the
furnishing Of two inch oak and pine lumber during
the coming year For information apply to com
mittee streets and alleys, L. " Yofk, J. ".
Mahan, j. A. Arment. Dated June 6, 1885,.
Go. +. JONKs, City Clerk. 3
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

Yes said the gentleman from Texas.
as he put his feet up on our desk and
leaned back. they say there is NO ad.
vancement in the. Southwest, that Tk
gress in that region is unknown, but
there's where there mistaken. You
know Texas railroad conductors used to
yell Twenty minutes for robbery-havc
your valuables readyr but that's all out
of date now. The robbers meet the train
at station, put their horses in dining
car and ride to the next town.. making
the robbery while the train is running
twelve or thirteen miles an hour. l tell
you, Texas doesn't lag in the great march
of civilization so much as you might
think
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

Jones, what would you do ifa man
was to call you liarg'' Jones: What
sized manY' 54,s
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16
ADVERTISING RATES.

REGULAR ADVERTISEMENTS one dollar per inch
space per month.
insertion and five cents per line for each subee-
quent insertion. ,rfVt. -
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

This makes the expenses fraction
less than one dollar per foot. If great
er depth il required the cost for pressure
regulator win be about 42eS additional.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

A hen, half black Spanish and one hak
game, has been doing a land Office bust
ness in ROllO, Mo. She laid her first egg
on the 10th day of May, 1885, and has
continued to lay an egg every day since.
She went to setting as soon as she laid
her first egg. and is still on her nest She
comes off every morning to get water and
food, and then goes back. She has
Matched one egg day except the first
three weeks of her career. She hes now
been laying one year. and is the mother
and hatcher of 344 chickens one-half
pullets and the other half roosters-and
she still looks well. ~ = SAS -
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

The AtchisOn Globe says: If you have
boy named Bill, or Bud, or Sam, or Tom
you need not fear that he will be drown
ed during the swimming season. The
boy who has plug name, and whose
hair stands up straight like halle brush,
and who has stone bruises on his feet, is
not in danger of drowning. But if your
son has curly hair. and if he wears shoes
in summer, and has pretty name, you
had better let him swim in the wash bowl
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-06-16

Boring for natural gas is not such an
expensive luxury as some people suppose
it to be. In Findlay, Ohio the cost was
as follows:
Drilling 100 feet, including derrick, pow
er, labor. fuel, ETC., usually contracted for
in single item, Mt say 66as cents per
, 1887-05-03
Another Boston Boy.

LONG ISLAND Cry, N. Y, May q
The fight between Ike Weir, of Boston,
better known as the Belfast Spider"
and Willie Clark, of Philadelphia, took
place last night up Long Island sound.
The fight was to a finish, Queensbury
rules. with undressed kids, for 1000
The fight was in twenty rounds and lasted
one hour and twenty-three minutes. The
Spider" knocked Clark down in the first
round, drawing first blood from his nose.
Weir also made one clean knock down in
abe seventh round. CLARK fought entirely
On his gameness, taking terrific punish
ment. Clark was a badly beaten man.
His face was badly cut up. while THE
Spider" was scarcely touched. At the
end OF the twentieth round Clark's sec
onds threw up the sponge as their man
was unable to see, one eye being entirely
closed and the other nearly so. The
opinion OF the sporting men present was
that 1.-THE Spider could out fight any
man of his weight in the world.
, 1887-05-03
School and Mineral Lands.

WASHINGTON, May ACTING Secre-
tary Mul6row has affirmed the decision of
Commissioner Sparks, of the generaIland
Office, rejecting the application of the state
of California to select, as indemnity school
lands double minimum in lieu of mini
mum. This decision follows that of the
department in the recent case of the
State of California vs.. Smith.
Acting Secretary Muldrow has directed
The commissioner of the general land Of
fee to demand from the California &
Oregon Railway company a reconveyancc
to the United States of a section of land
in the Marysville, Cal, land district pat
ented to the company March II, 1875, it
appearing from special reports and aft
davits accompanying the same, that said
section is PROFESSIONALLY gold bearing
mineral land.
, 1887-05-03
Tho Denver g. RIO arande.

DENVER, May AT the annual meet
ing OF the board of directors of the Den
yer & Rio Grande road held at the
Windsor hotel to day, the res ignation of
the president, W. 8. JacAon, which was
sent In some weeks ago. was accepted and
David Ii. Moffat, Jr., president of the
First National bank of this city was unani.
mously chosen to succeed him. Resolu-
tons thanking Mr.. jackson for his credi-
table and efficient management since the
reorganization of the road were presented
and adopted. Mr.. Mofat was reelected
director and Walter S. Cheeseman was
chosen director to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation Of Mr.. Jackson. I'm
mediately after his election Mr.. Moffat
appointed S. 7. Smith, general superin
tendent Of the Kansas Pacific, to be gen.
eral manager of the Denver & Rio
Grande. 1t is understood that Mr..
Smith has accepted the appointment.
All the old officers of the road were re-
appointed. The directors start on a tour
of inspection of the road t. morrow
morning.
, 1887-05-03
SPORTING EVENTS.
Dempsey Breaks an Arm, but
Fights a Draw.
1.-The Belfast Spider" Whips a
Philadelphia.
Hanlan and Gaudauer to Race
on Decoration Day.
PluckY Dempsey.

CLEVELAND, May Jack Dempsey
aud Reddy Gallagher met tonight at
the Frankfort street gymnasium for a six
round fight with four ounce gloves, the
winner to take two-thirds and the loser
one-third of the gate receipts. Two hun
bred spectators paid S. each to see the
battle, and at 10 o'clock time was called.
Dempsey weighed $50 and Gallagher
1851 pounds. In the second round
Dempsey broke his left arm just below
the elbow, but he kept on and at the end
of the sixth round the fight was declared
a draw. No one but Dempsey knew of
the accident until the fight was over.
, 1887-05-03
ASSOCIATION aAMEs
Murder and Suicide.

PrTsBURG. May This morning
when Jennie Oswald, a girl II years of age,
came from her bedroom into the dining
room of her home in Shaler township,
near marlborough, just beyond the limit.
of this city, she found her father, Charles
Oswald. sitting in a chair with his throat
cut and her younger sister, aged 9. lying
on a lounge dead. 1t was a case of
suicide on the part of Oswald and all
signs indicate that he murdered his
daughter before cutting his own throat.
The child had evidently been smothered
to death, as a piece of cloth was found
stuffed in her mouth. 1t is supposed
that constant brooding over his domestic
and financial troubles had turned his
brain. Oswald was a blacksmith, As
years Of age.
, 1887-05-03
Railroad Matters.

CHICAGO, May q Vice President Pot
ter, of the Union Pacific, has offered to
General Passenger Agent A. G. Dawes,
of the Hannibal & St. Joe. the position OF
general manager of the Oregon Railway
& Navigation company. Mr.. Dawes will
probably accept.
Shipments of Pacific coast freight from
Chicago have increased from two and three
carloads to an average of twenty carloads
daily since the new rates were put into eff
feet last week, The increase is princi.
pally in low class freight, such as turni.
ture, buggies. high wines, etc.
, 1887-05-03
Explosion in a Rolling Mill.

CHICAGO, May 2.-Late tonight ninc
men were wounded, some of them fatally,
by an explosion at the North Chicago
rolling mills at South Chicago. The &C.
cident was occasioned by dumping a car
of molten metal in one of the huge molds
in the rail mill. Enough water CHANGED
to be 10 the mold to cause the explosion.
The mold flew into a thousand pieces, and
liquid metal scattered about for rods.
, 1887-05-03
Rumored Accident.

DENVER, May "A report has just
reached here that the West bound pas
senger train on the Atlantic & Pacific,
which left Albuquerque at 3 o'clock this
morning, heavily loaded with passengers,
was derailed fifteen miles west of Cool
idge, N. NJ, about 8 this morning and
the train badly wrecked, with several
killed and wounded. As the telegraph
lines along the line are run by employees
of the road, it is impossible to get partic-
ulars at present.
, 1887-05-03
The Wrong Man Killed.

san FRANCISCO, May Mrs. Her
man Lyons was murdered on her ranch
near Napo, February IT, by a farm hand
named Pete Olsen, who escaped, and for
whose capture a large reward is outstand-
ing. Yesterday a report reached here
that Olsen was killed while resisting ar
rest near Bakersfield, Cal. Investigation
to-day showed that the wrong man has
been killed. The victim was NJ. H.
Seibert, u farmer who lately settled neal
bakersfield.
, 1887-05-03
The U. P.'s Petition Granted.

NEW ORLEANS, May q Frederick
Knowland, of New York, general Eastern
agent of the Union Pacific road, present
ed a petition Of that road for a suspension
of section 4, already sent in these dispatch.
eS, to the interstate commission to-day.
The petition was granted in the same
form as granted to other transcontinental
lines
, 1887-05-03
Hanlan Va.

NEW YORK, May "A second deposit
of $1,000 a side in the single scull race
between Edward Hanlan and Jake
Gaudauer was posted at the Office OF the
Turf, Field and Farm to-day. The race
is to be for 5000 and the championship
of America, and 81, 900 is now uD. 1t is
to be roUed on Decoration day.
, 1887-05-03

To those subject 10 the veIations of
business life, dyspepsia and a feeling of
debility, irritabi ity and dependency, we
say, take simmons Liver Regulator. The
regulator is free from any injurious min
eral substance; not disagreeable; can be
tasen at any time without interfering with
business or pleasure. 1t is gentle, safe
and q good diQestor. 1t is unequalled IN
the cure of piles, constipation, bad breath,
sick headache and bilious complaints.
, 1887-05-03
Certificate of Publication.

INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
WYOMING TERRITORY, +
RAwLINs, Wyo., April 80, 1887.
1t is hereby certified that the Union
Fire and Marine Insurance company, o.
New Zealand, has complied with the in.
surance laws of this territory, and is au'
insurance in this territory for the current
year.
Witness my hand and seal of Office the
day and year first above written.
[sEAL1 j. B. ADAMS,
Insurance Commissioner.
s. B. FUTILE, Agent.
, 1887-05-03

Boeu FOIhtOtb! beeu Fotntoes!
| have the following varieties of seed
potatoes for sale:
Early Rose and Late Rose. 81 per 100.
Snow Flake, 81 per 100. .
Mixed Pearl, 81 per 100.
Pure Pearl, sl.25 per 100.
White Elephant, 81 per 100.
Rose Seeding, $l.50 per 100.
+. o. B. on cars.
W. r. MCCLELLAN,
Greeley, Col.
, 1887-05-03

CHICAGO, May 2.-Cattle-Receipto,
5000; market dull; and Is cents lower
than Friday; shipping steers, 95O(9l, 500
pounds, "a. OO@5.O 90: stockers and feed,
ers, $2.75(94.4O; Texas cattle, ~. 5O(9
4.30.
Sheep -Receipts, 1000; market steady,
shorn, $3.Oo@42O; unshorn, 1880
400; Texans, 81. 25@3.75.
, 1887-05-03
Base Ball.

PHILADELPHIA. May 3. Boston IL,
Philadelphia g..
PrTTsBURG, May 2.-Pittsburg 8. De,
troit 3.
WASHINGTON. May 2.-Washington 4.
New York 5.
INDIANAPOLIS, May Indianapolis 9,
Chicago 4.
ASSOCIATION GAMES.
BALTIMORE, May Baltimore %,
Metropolitans 9.
PHILADELPHIA, May Athletic II.
Brooklyn 6.
CINCINNATI. May = Cincinnati I,
Louisville 8.
, 1887-05-03

Cheyenne Transfer company-Fren
five pounds per day to a carload at a time
, 1887-05-03

Fancy Cass Shirts, the latest thing out,
at PoLACK's.
, 1887-05-03

Engraving in all it's branches IL done at
ZEHNER, BUEcHNER & Co.'S.
, 1887-05-03

Spring Suits lust in.
PoLAck. Clothier.
, 1887-05-03

of Baird, Voorhees, & Hammond's rail-
road section. Remember that the title is
based upon a United States patert to the
Union Pacific Railway company. Prices,
Sl3T up. Terms, one third cash, balance
in sixty and one hundred and twenty days.
Call on the real estate agents for further
information.